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April 13, 2026, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
Walk-in clinical laboratory testing is expanding access to diagnostic services in West Virginia, reflecting a shift toward consumer-driven healthcare, according to a March 14 report in the Charleston Gazette-Mail. Patients can bypass physician referrals to purchase routine test…
Top Stories in 2025 Played Out in Courts, Capitol Hill
CEO SUMMARY: The biggest story of the year for clinical laboratories came in a huge court victory, as a federal judge vacated the FDA’s final rule on laboratory developed tests. Labs breathed a sigh of relief after the court decision, as the FDA rule had promised to incr…
Clinical Labs Battle Complex Claims Denials
CEO SUMMARY: While the number of denials is not going up, the reasons that private payers deny claims are becoming more complex and time-consuming to appeal. After reviewing noteworthy trends among payers, learn a three-level approach to appeals that may lead to greater su…
Franciscan Missionaries Sells Lab Outreach Business to LabCorp
SINCE THE ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC IN LATE FEBRUARY, the nation’s two largest clinical lab companies have announced only two acquisitions of hospital laboratory outreach programs, one in June and one this month. Last week, LabCorp announced its acquisition of the clinical ambu…
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Volume XXXIII, No. 6 – May 04, 2026
Speakers at the 2026 Executive War College have re-imagined the diagnostic laboratory’s role from back-office utility to a primary driver of system-wide strategy and clinical excellence. Also, it is apparent that direct-to-consumer lab testing is booming.
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